Water Provider Secures Top Honor at American Water Works Association's
Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE08)

    ATLANTA, June 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Water Works
Association (AWWA) today announced that the Louisville (KY) Water Company
won its annual "Best of the Best" Water Taste Test. The event, comprised of
North American winners of regional water-tasting competitions, was held at
the AWWA's Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE08) in Atlanta.

    The Louisville Water Company has provided water to residents of
Louisville and surrounding areas since 1860. The agency previously won
AWWA's Kentucky/Tennessee Section tasting competition to earn a berth in
today's event.

    Second place in the competition was awarded to the Mal Paso Filtration
Plant in Puerto Rico. The water utility of nearby Blythe, Georgia earned
third place.

    Other "Best of the Best" participants in today's competition included:
City of Aurora, Illinois; Jordon Valley Water Conservation District, Utah;
Ames Water Treatment Plant, Iowa; City of Emporia, Kansas; Edwardsburg
Municipal Water, Michigan; City of Albany, New York; City of High Point,
North Carolina; Grand Forks Water Utility, North Dakota; Medford Water
Commission, Oregon; City of Clarksville, Texas; Western Virginia Water
Authority, Virginia; and La Crosse Water Utility, Wisconsin.

    An esteemed judging panel rated each water system on their flavor
characteristics. Judges included Meridith Ford, Dining Critic for The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Gil Kulers, a Certified Wine Educator and
contributor to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Adam Murphy, CBS 46 News
Consumer Investigator; Stephen Booth, Chair of the AWWA's Taste and Odor
Committee; and Linda Schweitzer, Associate Professor of Chemistry and
Environmental Science at Oakland University in Michigan.

    This is the fourth year the national competition has been held. The
previous winners are the Oklahoma City Water and Wastewater Utility (2007)
and Illinois American Water, Champaign District (2006 and 2005).

    ACE08 in Atlanta is the largest professional program of its kind. The
ACE08 Exposition also will feature more than 500 manufacturers and
consultants showcasing the latest products and services available to help
ensure safe water.

    AWWA is the authoritative resource for knowledge, information, and
advocacy to improve the quality and supply of water in North America and
beyond. AWWA is the largest organization of water professionals in the
world. AWWA advances public health, safety and welfare by uniting the
efforts of the full spectrum of the entire water community. Through our
collective strength we become better stewards of water for the greatest
good of the people and the environment.

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